Ways to Strength and Beauty (1925)
The perfect body as an object of cult worship. Based on the mass sports and body worship movement of the 1920s, the film propagates physical training and shows in stylized documentary scenes aspects of physical hygiene, gymnastics, sports and dancing as well as scenes in which supposed sportsmen of antiquity pose naked.
Director: Wilhelm Prager, Nicholas Kaufmann
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 104 min
Release Date: March 16, 1925
Cast
Music: Giuseppe Becce
Cinematography: Friedrich Weinmann
Production: UFA
Country: Germany
Language: No Language
Original Language: de
Keywords
black and white, silent film, super strength, weight training, body image, body builders, sports hero, physical condition, beauty standards, self image, physical activity
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Ways to Strength and Beauty about?
- The perfect body as an object of cult worship. Based on the mass sports and body worship movement of the 1920s, the film propagates physical training and shows in stylized documentary scenes aspects of physical hygiene, gymnastics, sports and dancing as well as scenes in which supposed sportsmen of antiquity pose naked.
- Who directed Ways to Strength and Beauty?
- Ways to Strength and Beauty was directed by Wilhelm Prager, Nicholas Kaufmann.
- Who stars in Ways to Strength and Beauty?
- Ways to Strength and Beauty stars Leni Riefenstahl, Jack Dempsey, Jenny Hasselqvist, Hertha von Walther, Etelka Maquita, La Jana.
- How long is Ways to Strength and Beauty?
- Ways to Strength and Beauty has a runtime of 1h 44m (104 minutes).
- What genre is Ways to Strength and Beauty?
- Ways to Strength and Beauty is a Documentary film.
- Where was Ways to Strength and Beauty produced?
- Ways to Strength and Beauty was produced in Germany.